Joost Fonteyne initially organized
contemporary music concerts. Gradually, his interest shifted towards sound art and sound
installations. In 2002 he curated ‘Audio Frames’ dealing with the relation between sound and
image. Afterwards, he started organizing exhibitions in public space dedicated to sound, at first
entitled ‘Happy New Ears’ and later transformed into ‘Klinkende Stad’ as part of the Flanders
Festival Kortrijk. He regularly invites artists to use the sound of the city of Kortrijk as the basis
for their work. In addition, he is also a lecturer at Transmedia (Brussels), an advanced master
program in arts, media and design.